| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; requiring a postsecondary institution to notify a school of |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 student withdrawal; requiring a student to provide a school with a copy of grades |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 taken for secondary credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 subdivisions 5, 12. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 5.Authorization; notification.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled tribal |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an eligible |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by that |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13postsecondary institution. If an institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14this section, the institution shall send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15district, and the commissioner. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16of that pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17notify: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (1) the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (2) the pupil's school as soon as practicable if the pupil withdraws from the course or |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20stops attending the course. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2023. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 23-01029 as introduced12/14/22 REVISOR CM/CH |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 182NINETY-THIRD SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: GRUENHAGEN and Cwodzinski) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/11/2023 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Higher Education 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 12, is amended to read: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2 Subd. 12.Credits; grade point average weighting policy.(a) A pupil must not audit |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3a course under this section. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 (b) A district shall must grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for secondary |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5credit if the pupil successfully completes the course. Seven quarter or four semester college |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6credits equal at least one full year of high school credit. Fewer college credits may be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7prorated. A district must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no comparable course is |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9offered by the district, the district must, as soon as possible, notify the commissioner, who |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10shall must determine the number of credits that shall must be granted to a pupil who |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11successfully completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the district, the school |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12board shall must grant a comparable number of credits to the pupil. If there is a dispute |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13between the district and the pupil regarding the number of credits granted for a particular |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14course, the pupil may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15decision regarding the number of credits shall be is final. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16 (c) A school board must adopt a policy regarding weighted grade point averages for any |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17high school or dual enrollment course. The policy must state whether the district offers |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18weighted grades. A school board must annually publish on its website a list of courses for |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.19which a student may earn a weighted grade. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20 (d) The secondary credits granted to a pupil must be counted toward the graduation |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.21requirements and subject area requirements of the district. Evidence of successful completion |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.22of each course and secondary credits granted must be included in the pupil's secondary |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.23school record. A pupil shall must provide the school with a copy of the pupil's grade grades |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.24in each course taken for secondary credit under this section, including interim or nonfinal |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.25grades earned during the academic term. Upon the request of a pupil, the pupil's secondary |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.26school record must also include evidence of successful completion and credits granted for |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.27a course taken for postsecondary credit. In either case, the record must indicate that the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.28credits were earned at a postsecondary institution. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.29 (e) If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school, the |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.30postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.31completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions may |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.32award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2.33successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2.34award of credit. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 23-01029 as introduced12/14/22 REVISOR CM/CH 3.1 (f) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.2Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and proprietary |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.3postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any successfully completed |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.4courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.5offered according to an agreement under subdivision 10. Consistent with section 135A.101, |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.6subdivision 3, all MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a secondary pupil who |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.7completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part or all of |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.8a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls in a |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.9MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution certifies |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.10as completed a secondary student's postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.11goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU institution must consider the student's |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.12course or program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed. |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.13 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2023. |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3Sec. 2. |
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| 79 | 79 | | 23-01029 as introduced12/14/22 REVISOR CM/CH |
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